EDITORS
SAMUEL J. STEPHENS | NATHAN GILMORE
ARTWORK
ALICIA JOY TAYLOR | SAM STEPHENS
Stories
FORGOTTEN GROUND REGAINED
The Poets of the Modern Alliterative Revival
We are proud to present, in conjunction with Forgotten Ground Regained Magazine, edited by Paul Douglas Deane, this series of new poems written using alliterative styles. The poets of the Modern Alliterative Revival are doing just that—reviving these proud traditions and reinventing them for expression in a contemporary vein.
Forgotten Ground Regained Website
Artwork designed by Sam Stephens
SIR GAWAIN & THE GREEN KNIGHT
poetry | narrative
by PAUL DOUGLAS DEANE
A selection from a new translation. Sir Gawain is left with the beautiful lady of the castle of his host.
Artwork by Alicia Joy Taylor
SIR PERCIVAL
poetry | alliterative
by SAMUEL J. STEPHENS
Sir Percival is on the quest for the grail but is waylaid by a strange knight in the forest.
Artwork designed by Sam Stephens
AVAILABLE SOON
OLIVER CROMWELL
poetry | narrative
by WILLIAM G. CARPENTER
A portrait of one of English history's most vivid figures.
Artwork designed by Sam Stephens
THE EPIC BOOK OF SAMUEL III
poetry | blank verse
by NATHAN GILMORE
The shepherd David becomes king of the Israelites.
Artwork designed by Sam Stephens
THE EPIC ACTS OF THE APOSTLES, PART IV
poetry | rhyming couplet
by ALICIA JOY TAYLOR
Follows the apostle Paul's missions in the mediterranean up through his imprisonment with Barnabas.
Artwork designed by Sam Stephens
Features
THE BOOK CORNER
edited by Samuel J. Stephens & Nathan Gilmore
Debut edition. Three reviews by Nathan Gilmore. A biography about King and about a king; a history of WWII.
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THE SONNET CORNER
SHORT POETRY VOLUME III · MAY 2025
edited by Samuel J. Stephens
Debut Edition of The Sonnet Corner. Poems by Timothy E.G. Bartel, Solvor Bjarna, Daniel Cooper, Sarah Cline, Lee Evans, Daniel Fitzpatrick, Janice Katz, and Stefanie Kate M. Watchorna.
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FILM FILINGS
JUNE 2025
edited by Nathan Gilmore
In this edition of Film Filings, Soderbergh’s newest; a malfunctioning Rebecca ripoff from 1948; Nathan Gilmore reviews three; and Witty reviews a ‘ninties neo-noir.
Artwork designed by Sam Stephens
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